Improvement in suspension paper-clips



I eterea smc parte cpm.

WILLIAM s'ToKEsioFNnW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 105,274, elated J'uly 12, 1870.'

IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENSION PAPER-CLIPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesaine.

1 skilled in the art to make and use the same, refereuce being had tothe accompanying drawing forming part of lthis specification.

lhe present invention relates io'a new and useful device for suspendingand holding cards, 85e., the coilstruction and operation of which willbe fully understood from the following description.

Figure 1 represents a front view of my device, showing the same claspedto a card, and suspended from a cord.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

' This suspender and clasp is constructed of sheet metal, suitablytempered, to give the amount of spring necessary for its specificpurpose.

In this case tlie letters A A represent two slots, stamped or eutthrough the. back portion ofthe claspplate, and B B represent two lips,likewise cut and bent inward-at right angles to the upper portion of theelasp-plate, so that the points of the said lips may just cuter thelower part of thel aforesaid slots.

The clasp-plate is bent over, s o as to form a spring loop, C, at itstop, which will serve to keep the shoulder of the catch, which is on thelips B B, forced downward, and locking over the lower edge of the slotson the clasp-plate, thus holding itself secure, without bending over thepoints B, when set on a card, as is now commonly done.

The suspending device consists of a circular piece of sheet metal, D,whose inner portion E is partiallyl stamped or outv through, leaving aneck, F, which is bent outward sufficientlyto allow it to slide freelyon a cord, from which it cau'not be detached without first l forcing ontthe inner portion E, which forms a spring to hold it in its place. y

Having thus described my invention, What I. hclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isi Anv improved self-perforatin g show-cardfastener and suspender-lock, consisting of the circular piece of sheetmetal D, having inner part E, the slotted spring loop O, and lips B B,all constructed and adjusted together as and for the purpose specified.

The above speciticatiou of 'my invention signed by me this 22d day ofOctober, 1869.

WILLIAM STORES.

Witnesses:

Guo. W. MABEE, CHARLES H. NASH,

